career education

Offers vocational guidance, brainstorming activities, and journal exercises to high school graduates who are undecided about a career path, discussing the various available options including training programs, community college, military service, four-year universities, and gap years.

Provides parents of tweens and teenagers--from middle school through high school--with an insider's view of today's tech careers and reveals a vibrant, diverse industry bursting with opportunities that are easier for eager students to seize than many may imagine.

Offers vocational guidance, brainstorming activities, and journal exercises to high school graduates who are undecided about a career path, discussing the various available options including training programs, community college, military service, four-year universities, and gap years.

Presents a listing of schools that offer certificate programs in alternative careers, providing information about the training, costs, and contact person for each program; grouped by topic, including animals, art and design, media, craft and trade, and others.

Identifies the skills students will need to succeed in the twenty-first century economy, and discusses how schools can change to teach those skills.